Joe Carter

The news of a $30 million, 3D movie of the creation account based on the Book of Genesis is a reminder that throughout history people have been awed and thrilled by retellings of their culture’s creation story. Aztecs would tell of the Lady of the Skirt of Snakes, Phoenicians about the . . . . Continue Reading »

Note to Joel Osteen: When you get called out for not preaching the gospel by Benny Hinn—yes, Benny Hinn—it might be time to consider a new profession.Benny sounds a bit like Mark Driscoll in this video (and that’s a good thing). (Via: Rae . . . . Continue Reading »

In a USA Today column, Rod Dreher makes the case that voodoo—and other minority religions—shouldn’t be off-limits from journalistic examination: In a recent New York Times column, religion reporter Samuel G. Freedman rightly lamented the way the American news media have largely . . . . Continue Reading »

He was an aristocratic Brit, kidnapped by pirates at the age of sixteen and sent to Ireland where he was sold into slavery. Six years later he escapes, becomes a priest, returns to Ireland, and faces off against hordes of Druids. Because of his work, thousands of Irish pagans came to know Christ . . . . Continue Reading »

Political junkies rejoice! C-Span now offers free online access to the more than 160,000 hours(!) of television footage. Some policy nerds may be nostalgic for Dee Dee Myers-era White House briefings or Congressional budget reconciliation meetings. But for the rest of us, the archive offers an . . . . Continue Reading »

How much would Jesus eat? The answer—as determined by depictions of the last supper—vary by era, say two brothers— an eating behavior expert and a religious studies scholar : Brian and Craig Wansink teamed up to analyze the amount of food depicted in 52 of the best-known paintings of . . . . Continue Reading »

According to PBS’s Religion & Ethic Newsweekly : A 1998 law mandates that the US government have an Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom to advance religious liberty around the world as part of American foreign policy. But the Obama administration still has not . . . . Continue Reading »

In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger. These . . . . Continue Reading »

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput discusses Catholics, health care, and the ” Senate’s bad bill ”: Groups, trade associations, and publications describing themselves as “Catholic” or “prolife” that endorse the Senate version—whatever their intentions—are . . . . Continue Reading »

The cold-war comedy, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming , won a Golden Globe in 1967. But when a television station in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia recently broadcast a mock report about a Russian invasion, the people weren’t amused : A television station in Georgia . . . . Continue Reading »